Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Edition: 3rd edition, reprint (64)
Publisher: Yearling
Published: 1991-10
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780440467014
Copyright date: 1972
First sentence: I'M glad there's only one more week of school before summer vacation.
Description: Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the "secret" Sheila who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs. 

When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover. 

What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids—and to herself—that she's only human?
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